Franklin Arturi

Friday

Apr 30, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Pula & Bensing Funeral Home

Franklin Arturi, 75, of Tobyhanna, passed away Wednesday, April 28, at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. He was the loving husband of Kathleen (O'Grady) Arturi; they were married April 17, 1971.

Born May 2, 1934, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late Dominick and Lucy (Marchitello) Arturi.

He had been a resident of Monroe County since August 1998 and, prior to that, of Staten Island, N.Y., after growing up in Brooklyn.

He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during the Korean War.

He was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Tannersville and the American Legion Post in Tobyhanna.

He enjoyed collecting coins.

Franklin received an associate of arts degree from New York Community College in 1967 and a bachelor of arts and sociology from Kensington University.

Prior to his retirement in 1998, he was a case worker for Mount Lorretto, a home for foster children, and for the Staten Island AIDS Task Force. Prior to that, he was an office manager and personnel director for the Knickerbocker Annicator Corp. of Manhattan.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Frank Arturi and his wife, Melissa, of Tennessee.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, May 3, at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Tannersville, with the Rev. Father Richard E. Czachor as celebrant.

Entombment will follow in the mausoleum at the Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y. There will be visitations from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 2, at the Pula & Bensing Funeral Home, 35 Sterling Road-Route 196, Mount Pocono.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 3, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702